Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 00:11:33 -0500 From: Richard Coleman <richardcoleman@mindspring.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, ports@freebsd.org Cc: "Maxim M. Kazachek" <stranger@sberbank.sibnet.ru> Subject: Re: Ports startup scripts in /etc/rc.d (Re: 5.2-BETA and related ports issues) Message-ID: <3FCACD85.2040600@mindspring.com> In-Reply-To: <20031201045952.GB42765@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <20031201092813.X355@sbk-gw.sibnet.ru> <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1031130234018.74465G-100000@fledge.watson.org> <20031201045952.GB42765@dragon.nuxi.com>
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David O'Brien wrote: >>For 5.2-CURRENT, I think we should revisit this issue with one of the >>following conclusions winning out, and the rest being discarded as >>flame-bait: >> >>(1) Combine / and /usr into a single file system by default, and add >> /usr/local/etc/rc.d to the search order, with appropriate hacks to >> handle old-style scripts. The devil will be in the bikeshed, but the >> implementation is easy, except for the bit where we explain that >> NFS-mounted /usr/local won't work too well. > > > I would like to show support for this option. I've been running /usr on > the / partition on *all* my FBSD machines for the past 4 years. The > reasons for having a separate / and /usr just don't apply today. Disks > are large enough to hold both, and UFS(FFS) is stable. > > Sun and SGI both combine / and /usr on their pre-installed workstation > machines. That abandons the ability to have a read-only /usr. Richard Coleman richardcoleman@mindspring.com
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